Xcotton s seed plantee



(No Model.)

J. M. HOWELL.

COTTON SEED PLANTER. No. 313,938. Patented Man-17, 1885.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT QEEihE.

JESSE MARION HOWELL, OF GREENSBOROUGH, GEORGIA.

COTTON-SEED PLANTE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,938, dated March17, 1885.

Application filed August 12, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, J. M. HOWELL, of Greensborough, in the county of Greenand State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cotton-Seed Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in cotton-seed planters, theobject being to provide a planter which shall be simple and economicalin construction, and at the same time durable in use, and which shall becapable of being adjusted for planting corn, peas, 850.; and withthe'seends in view my invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improvement,and Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof on the line 3/ g of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a detached view.

A represents the frame of the planter, composed of the two side beams,a, and the crosspieces b, to the forward of which latter is secured thedraft-beam 0, provided with a .tooth or spade, d, adapted to open afurrow,

in which the grain is dropped.

In the beams a are journaled the ends of the spindle or shaft B, towhich is. secured the wheel D, between which wheel and the side beams,a, are located the hoppers E, the bottoms of which hoppers are rounded.The sides e of the hoppers nearest the wheel are cut away, as shown atf, thereby allowing the grain to fall against the wheel, which lat teris provided with a series of horizontal pins or spikes, arranged in acircle on the wheel, the hub h and the axle B of the wheel being alsoprovided with a series of pins arranged in the form of a screw for thepurpose of forcing the grain in the hoppers over toward the wheel.

The floor of each hopper near the wheel is provided with a V-shapedopening, F, over which fit the arms G, pivoted at their outer ends tothe floor of the hopper. To the inner ends of these pivoted arms ispivotally se- (No model.)

cured the arm H, whichextends through the outer side of the hopper andis bent up at right angles, and is provided with a hole or perforationnear the end. Through this hole or perforation passes a screw, 1, onwhich is fitted a lock-nut, t, adapted to hold the end of the arm Hagainst the outer head of the screw or bolt I, and the inner end ofwhich latter passes through the side of the hopper.

.It will now be seen that when the screw or bolt is turned outwardly thearm H will be pulled outwardly and the inner ends of the arms moved in alike direction, thus uncovering the opening in the floor of the hopper.By this arrangement of parts the size of the opening may be regulated inaccordance to the size of the grain to be planted.

In each side of the wheel I form pockets or recesses, which fill withgrain, and as the wheel revolves and the opening therein passes belowthe hopper the grain is discharged in the furrow formed by the tooth orplow d, the furrow being covered by the horizontal bar J, secured to therear ends of the beams a by means of the metal straps 7a, which latterallow the beam to ride over an obstruction without damage thereto, theplanter being guided by means of handles K, secured to the side beams,a.

My invention is exceedingly simple in construction, and is capable ofbeing adjusted for planting corn, peas, potatoes, &c., and can bemanufactured at a small initial cost.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combinatiomwith aframeandawheel secured therein and projectingupwardly through the frame, of hoppers secured to the frame on oppositesides of the wheel, each hopper being provided at its lower end with anopening, arms pivoted at their outer ends to the floor of the hopper andtheir inner ends-to an arm extending through the hopper, and a bolt orscrew passing through the end of the arm and into the side of thehopper, substantial] y as set forth.

2. The combination, with a frame and a wheel secured therein, of hopperssecured to the, frame and provided with V-shaped openingsin the floorthereof, arms fitting over the openings and pivoted at their outer endsto the In testimony whereof I have signed this floor of the hopper andat their inner ends to Specification in the presence of two subscribanarm extending through the hopper, and a ing witnesses.

screw or bolt passing through the said latter JESSE MARION HOWELL. armand into the side of the hopper, and pro- Witnesses:

vided with a lock-nut fitting against the end J OHN R.BRYANT,

0f the arm, substantially as set forth. W. S. DAVIS;

